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XRD patterns and FTIR spectra have shown that dunes sand of Ouargla's region, in its natural state, is formed of a high percentage of quartz, gypsum and very low percentage of kaolinite and hematite, in addition to some organic compounds. The electrical resistivity of the natural sand has been measured, it was 6 × 1014 Ω cm. Six samples of the sand were heated separately at 200, 400, 600, 800, 1000...
In the present work, a manually chromatic classification of Ouargla dunes sand has been carried out. According to its visual color, eight chromatic types of sand have been obtained: transparent (yellow, orange and red), and opaque (white, milky, gray, black and red). According to the main chemical compositions of sand, both XRD and FTIR have divided the chromatically sorted sand into three groups:...
The spectra of x-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) shows that the dunes sand of Ouargla’s region consists naturally of crystalline structures of α-quartz and gypsum, as well as other uncrystallized compounds with low concentrations like kaolinite and hematite, in addition to some organic compounds. The sand heating process at temperatures between 200 and 1200 °C affects its composition...
In this paper, it is shown that Ouargla region (Algeria) sand dunes are very rich in quartz. This study aims to assess the quartz in the different granular sand types, using XRD spectroscopy. Granulometric classification and the size distribution curve were carried out. The X’Pert HighScore program based on the Rietveld refinement was used in analyzing the XRD data. Qualitative and quantitative quartz...
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